From my point of view, I think that after many years is no longer usufull to say sorry, but in the other hand, it shows the regrets of the "new australia´s" possition towards the aboriginal people and the indigenous communities.
Sorry. Sorry. And sorry again.
I really don´t hink that this words could heal people form the stolen generation but for them it means a lot:
“Sorry heals the heart and it goes deep,” said Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, an Aborigine watching the ceremony on a large screen in the largely indigenous Sydney suburb of Redfern.
“This really means a big thing to us - a weight that can be lifted so that we can start our healing.”
But,in the Aboriginal community, not everyone is so pleased with Kevin Rudd's apology.
Nick Bryant spoke to some who believe it is too little, too late.
Here is a link for listening to Nick Bryant's repor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/worldservice/meta/dps/2008/02/080213_bryantpkg?nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&size=au&lang=en-ws&bgc=003399
Sources of Research:
BBC News- The stolen Generation (2008).[Online] Available at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article3362062.ece
BBC News- Australia says sorry. (2008).[Online] Available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2008/02/080212_oz_sorry_bj.shtml
Images taken from:
http://www.google.com
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Hello Susana, Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this important issue. I think sorry, thank you, and other words are quite important in life; nevertheless they have to come with acts and example....
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